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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

by Peter Wohlleben

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“She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

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“You didn’t get the quest you wanted, you got the one you could do.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician King

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“Most people are blind to magic. They move through a blank and empty world. They’re bored with their lives, and there’s nothing they can do about it. They’re eaten alive by longing, and they’re dead before they die.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

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“I got my heart's desire, and there my troubles began.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

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“[F]or just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide to enjoy it or you're going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

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